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- ↑ John and Deborah Powers. 2000. Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists, A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942. Austin, Tex.: Woodmont Books. p. 606.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, Sam DeShong (1992). Painting Texas History to 1900. University of Texas Press. p. 140.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, Sam DeShong (1992). Painting Texas History to 1900. University of Texas Press. p. 191.
- ↑ Paula and Michael R. Grauer. 1999. Dictionary of Texas Artists, 1800-1945. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press. p. 240.
